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This is good stuff mate. From a dancers perspective its very nice. From a musicians standpoint its a bit over repetitive in the first half, and the second half seems much more consonant and melodic. Good stuff, (*shuffles')
Just finished a jumpstyle track of my own u might like it.
cheers!
Thanks thats exactly what its for :D (shuffling)
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I think the detuned sound doesn't work too well. Don't get me wrong I love me some dissonance here and there but it seems a bit too much.
The mix is beautiful. I expected that super high synth in the beginning to destroy my ears but you handled it nicely. Rolloff EQ's FTW.
Cheers,
- LD -
i was, obviously, going for a dissonant sound, yeah, and i was kindof planning that the bass would counter it some. perhaps i should have introduced a part with a lead-synth or just a riff-synth that wasn't all dissonant, like you say. it probably would have given a better contrast than the bass alone...
oh well, i really don't have time to find out what it would sound like othervice, i've already spent too much time on this tune (and now it's mastered and done, so whatever).
but thanks for an honest and helpful review, man!
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That is some great quality mix you got there mate! My only word of advice would be to go for more chord progression variation. Cheers!
- LD -
Thanks and I'll take that into consideration :) this is just a demo anyways.
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A good deal of improvement could come from the mix. Relative volume and EQing seem to be the main concerns. The dominant lead is like half bassline and half high synth which puts it at a really awkward frequency. The intro was pretty promising with some cool effects but that quater hitting lead dominates the song a bit too much. Good luck on your music journey. Cheers!
- LD -
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Well I love the melody in this song, but thats the only part that doesn't need much work.
Dynamics - The lead is way on the loud side, especially in the beginning. I find that if you filter your lead or keep it at low volume or both for the intro then it hits way harder when you bring in your bassline and drums(the drop). As for other volumes they are noticeably not taken into consideration for the final mix just each individual level. It's important to take a day off or a couple hours or something (fresh ears work best) then listen to the final mix and determine to volume in comparison to others.
Mix - The effects are minimal. Having minimal effects makes the transitions more blatant and makes repetition seem more apparent. As for equalization the bassline is pretty muddy and the hats in the percussion is hardly audible. The lead seems to kinda take over the mix.
Overall - I enjoyed your use of lots of different synths and general structure. The melody is delicious but I would have liked to see some originality.
Percussion: 7/10
Melody: 5/10
Structure: 9/10
Mix: 7/10
Overall: 7/10
Cheers!
- LD -
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It's usually very difficult to find NG users with a clean mix. This tune however has got a deliciously clean mix. Very good stuff here. The bell like synth brought in around 1:50 sounds a little bit cliche but ignoring that lets take a look at the songs broken down a bit more:
Percussion - sticks with the standard trance Kick Hat Snare/kick. Lacks a bit of diversity and dynamics but because of the mix quality still turns out great.
Melody - Consonant and memorable. The melody works throughout. Like the percussion though it lacks a little bit of diversity. You can always change up a melody even as simply as moving around chord progressions of the same chords or phrases within a melody. I Loved the way the sidechained melody sounded near the beginning.
Mix - 10/10
Melody - 7/10
Percussion - 8/10
Overall 9/10
Good job mate I would love to hear more tunes like this on NG! Cheers!
- LD -
I rate your review 10/10
Thank you very much, sexy pants!
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Areas that need improvement: Mixing and melody consonance.
Areas that were ok: Structure related things and theme.
Areas that were good: Samples and dynamics in structure.
My suggestion if your not educated in music theory is to just come up with a little scale and only use notes on that scale. Also read some EQ tutorials and if you would like I have a whole slew of book suggestions so PM me for that. Otherwise improvement is only mostly going to come from experience. Cheers!
- LD -
Why thank you~
As you said, improvement comes from experience. :D
I'm always experimenting with FL trying to find new things etc...
Thanks~ ^-^
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Gen Y is way worse then the Baby Boomers I guarantee it, and it's amazing that you think homosexuals are a race. hahaha. Anyways, your song needs some serious EQ work but you did get some good old school feeling in there so congrats.
well... that generation was racist as fuck, and if your talking about the end part, its sposed to sound like that. but yeah eq-ing needs to be done, but im lazy, and waiting for real equipment, cuz this is all computers and stuff. the sample was a shitty mp3 to begin with. whatever.
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Luckily metal guitar is half distortion half guitar so you could probably end up with something ok but not if you dont edit out all that static. Try messing with the high ends on an EQ if you don't know how to use one. Usually a lot of the static is very high pitch-14khz and up. My suggestion is to get an audio interface. you can get a decent one for 200 bucks or less(well decent in comparison). guitar center matches any amazon stores =/
Cheers!
- LD -
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You know this piece is actually very well put together. The overall melody is very enjoyable and the song is dynamic and has high energy. I feel it could use some additional work on the mix down but that doesnt change how good of a song it is structurally and melodicaclly just how newgrounds will vote =/
Cheers!
- LD -
Owner, composer, and sound designer at LD Productions. Ask me about how we can help you with your next project!
Age 33, Male
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College of DuPage
Chicago
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